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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Losiakou",
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        "legal_name": "Losiakou David Pkosing",
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    "content": "When they saw we were going to retain them, they went back and agreed to review the terms back to 20 per cent to enable them to implement their roads. They also seem to have reviewed the classification of roads which they wanted. As I had said earlier, they said they wanted classes H and E. They reviewed and proposed that this time they are okay with Class D and not H, which can remain with the national Government. That was their proposal which is very crucial for this House to understand. We received submissions from KeRRA and I have picked their critical issues for the Hon. Members to understand. They said that the revenue should go up from the 35 per cent which is proposed here to 40 per cent. When the governors met under the IBEC, they proposed and agreed with the Ministry that their resources should be moved to 20 per cent and also proposed where they wanted to get the money. Of course, they were aiming at KeRRA. They said that they wanted 5 per cent more, which would add up to 15 per cent as I have said. It would, according to the Bill, come from KeRRA. You will see our observations later. Next on line was KURA. They appeared before the Committee and made a very good presentation. Some of the things we picked as critical from them was their memoranda and we had a verbal discussion about PPP. KURA is in charge of city roads and they are very critical for this country for economic purposes and transportation, but they require a lot of money for construction. Therefore, they recommended that we have to look at the issue of PPP because it has not picked properly in this country. Maybe, that is why they have proposed that we incorporate it in this Bill, so that we clarify certain grey areas. They also raised the issue of tolling. They also proposed resources. Everybody wants resources and this House has a tall order. We are up to the task to help our country. They are asking for these resources not for themselves, but for the people of Kenya and the country. The people of Kenya have given us a responsibility as a House to help and balance that. Next to come to our Committee was KeRRA. I know they are dear to people’s hearts here. They asked for more resources too. They agreed that they wanted to remain with their classes C and D roads and they can manage that very well and they were very happy with that. Also, the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce (KNCC) came to our Committee. For the record, I want it to be captured that all those institutions and agencies which came to us had issues with composition of the boards in terms of who sits on them. Others had various proposals. In fact, some of them were saying that Matatu Owners Association should be included. They brought a number of proposals in terms of populating the policy and we have an observation which I will just give in a short while. So, KNCC proposed also to be included in one of the boards running the roads of this country. They had some very good reasons. They said because KNCC manages businesses, they should be given the chance to also manage roads. This is because most businessmen use roads for transportation. They also had very good proposals to us. Going forward, we also received views from the Kenya Roads Board, which is in our Report and is very critical. I want to tell Members that this is the institution which receives money and classifies roads together with the CS. Therefore, it is very critical for us to understand that is their background and role. What did they propose? They proposed key issues, one of them is that before they give out money to agencies, they must show the good quality work they have done. They should not be given money just because they have requested for it. We also listened to the Ministry itself and particularly the State Department of Infrastructure. They appeared before us on 6th February 2018 and they also had serious The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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